Juror Tells Roundup Weedkiller Lawyer to ‘Get Up and Drink It’

Monday’s $2 billion verdict is among the largest ever in U.S.
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By Joel Rosenblatt

May 14, 2019 at 1:42 AM UTC

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“I wanted you to get up and drink it.”

That was one juror’s response to a Bayer AG lawyer who asked for feedback in the hallway of an Oakland, California, courthouse after losing a $2.055 billion verdict Monday in a trial over whether Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.